Margaret Victoria Betz

1876 - 1960  (83 years)

• Name	Margaret Victoria Betz
  Born	25 Oct 1876	Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Jun 1960	Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, USA
  Buried	22 Jun 1960	Fairview Cemetery, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I164375	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	August Betz,   b. 2 Mar 1841, Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1919, Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Maria Schlegel,   b. 7 Jun 1844, Baden ,   d. 31 Jul 1927, Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1863	Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F65528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lawrence Hochgesang,   b. 20 Sep 1874, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1929, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1899	Celestine, Dubois County, Indiana, USA
  Children	1. Otto Henry Hochgesang,   b. 4 Dec 1900, Dubois County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 1969, Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F65628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Note: From the Herald, Monday, June 20, 1960: "Mrs. Margaret Hochgesang, 83, the widow of Lawrence Hochgesang, died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since last May 19. She had been in failing health for two years. Before being admitted to the hospital she made her home with a son, Wilfred, and family in Little Kentucky. Mrs. Hochgesang was born at Celestine on Oct. 25, 1876, the daughter of August Betz and Mary Schlegel Betz. She was one of a family of 12 children. On Oct. 24, 1899, she was married to Lawrence Hochgesang, who preceded her in death onf Oct. 20, 1929. Surviving are four sons, Otto (Oats), Edwin (Butch), Hilbert and Wilfred, all of Jasper; three daughters, Mrs. George Marks and Mrs. Lorene Thieman of Jasper, and Mrs. Elmer (Butch) Basch of Dubois; two brothers, August Betz of Jasper and Leo Betz of Louisville; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was a member of the St. Ann Society and of the Sodality of Our Lady. Services will be held in Holy Family Church at 9 a.m. Wednesday, followed by burial in Fairview Cemetery."